[haiku] Re: Naming suggestion for Haiku boot loader

  • From: Krishna <v.krishnakumar@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:51:46 +0530

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Daniel Devine <devine-mlist@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I also really like bootman.  Can you see where the name came from?
>> BOOT MANager (BOOTMAN)
>>
> Bootman is OK. It is a little boring but the name does work.
>

what about BooH? (as in Boot Haiku) or even BootH?

> Free and Open Source software has a poor history of choosing good names...
> Scrot  (SCReen shOT) anybody?
>

I get a little uneasy when my co-workers look at my screen and ask
what X Window Manager I use (scrotwm).

cheers,
  --krishna

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